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ArticleRadiology and oncology2022

The dose accumulation and the impact of deformable image registration on dose reporting parameters in a moving patient undergoing proton radiotherapy.

Gasper Razdevsek, Urban Simoncic, Luka Snoj, Andrej Studen

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Article in Radiology and oncology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Gasper RazdevsekFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Urban SimoncicFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Luka SnojFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Andrej StudenFaculty of Mathematics and Physics, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
University of Ljubljana · SIJožef Stefan Institute · SI

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Abstract

introductionPotential changes in patient anatomy during proton radiotherapy may lead to a deviation of the delivered dose. A dose estimate can be computed through a deformable image registration (DIR) driven dose accumulation. The present study evaluates the accumulated dose uncertainties in a patient subject to an inadvertent breathing associated motion. MATERIALS AND

methodsA virtual lung tumour was inserted into a pair of single participant landmark annotated computed tomography images depicting opposite breathing phases, with the deep inspiration breath-hold the planning reference and the exhale the off-reference geometry. A novel Monte Carlo N-Particle, Version 6 (MCNP6) dose engine was developed, validated and used in treatment plan optimization. Three DIR methods were compared and used to transfer the exhale simulated dose to the reference geometry. Dose conformity and homogeneity measures from International Committee on Radioactivity Units and Measurements (ICRU) reports 78 and 83 were evaluated on simulated dose distributions registered with different DIR algorithms.

resultsThe MCNP6 dose engine handled patient-like geometries in reasonable dose calculation times. All registration methods were able to align image associated landmarks to distances, comparable to voxel sizes. A moderate deterioration of ICRU measures was encountered in comparing doses in on and off-reference anatomy. There were statistically significant DIR driven differences in ICRU measures, particularly a 10% difference in the relative D

conclusionsT he dose accumulation over two anatomies resulted in a DIR driven uncertainty, important in reporting the associated ICRU measures for quality assurance.

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Lung NeoplasmsRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-AssistedHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedProtonsRadiotherapy DosageProtonsadaptive therapydose distribution measurementdose homogeneityimage registrationMCNP6Monte-Carloproton therapy

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